For the last seven years, Republicans have been fantasizing, plotting, and salivating over repealing Obamacare. They now have the ideal platform with control of the presidency and Congress to rescind Obamacare and replace it with own plan.

Republicans have been unable to do so under these optimal conditions because of their insistence on drafting the most meager, gaunt, and mean-spirited policy that they can pull off. What they are peddling is simply a bad product, one that costs more and delivers less than Obamacare.

The current GOP Senate bill drafted by a 13-man cabal was set for a fast-track vote before the July 4 break.

The recent Congressional Budget Office analysis estimating that some 22 million Americans are likely to lose their health care insurance with the latest GOP Senate plan has given pause to some Republican senators.

Not having the necessary support to pass the bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has delayed the vote. In the meantime, given the large number of constituents who have benefitted from Obamacare, Republican senators would be wise to think carefully about their vote.

While Obamacare certainly is not ideal, it does give rank-and-file Americans access to health care. If Trumpcare is passed and people lose their health care insurance or end up paying more for less, they are likely to punish politicians who supported the bill.

Data from the 2010 and 2015 American Community Survey for adults who are U.S. citizens reveal that the share of people with health care insurance increased substantially between 2010 (before Obamacare) and 2015 (after Obamacare) in red states.

For example, of the 32 states that had an increase of at least 5 percentage points in health care insurance coverage between 2010 and 2015, 22 are red states. McConnell’s own state, Kentucky, experienced the greatest increase of insurance coverage rising from 82 percent in 2010 to 94 percent in 2015.

Lest one think that Obamacare only benefitted people of color, 24 states experienced an increase of 5 percentage points or greater in insurance coverage among whites between 2010 and 2015. Of these, 14 are red states.

Working-class whites proved to be quite important in electing Trump. This group has also received quite a bit of concern given their declining socioeconomic standing, rising mortality rates, and soaring levels of opiate addiction.

Trump had this group in mind when he proclaimed his desire to “make America great again.” The 16 states with the lowest insurance coverage (87.1 percent or less) among whites 25 and older with at most a high school degree are all red states. The five states with the lowest insurance coverage among this group include Alaska (77.8 percent), Mississippi (83 percent), Oklahoma (83.1 percent), Texas (83.2 percent), and Georgia (83.5 percent).

Working-class whites are likely to lose significant ground in health care coverage if the GOP Senate plan is enacted. The betrayal of working-class whites could come back to bite politicians who vote against the best interest of this group.

The next few weeks, Republican senators will be pressured to support the latest GOP Senate health care bill. Republican senators will need to seriously consider the impact that the health care measure will have on their constituents and the serious risk they take at the ballot box if voters punish them for not standing up for their health-care interests.

For now, McConnell is selling a flawed bill of goods that will surely take away health care insurance from his constituents in Kentucky, the group that benefitted the most in the country from Obamacare.

Rogelio Sáenz is dean of the College of Public Policy and holds the Mark G. Yudof Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Anthony Reese, who says he is homeless, holds his daughter Makailei Pratt, 3, at a rally led by U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., with doctors, nurses, health care workers and patients who will lose access to health care or see costs rise, in Torrance, Calif. Reed Saxon, AP

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a rally against the GOP health care bill at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Monday. Harris participated in the rally with the Courage Campaign, SEIU, Health Access, doctors, nurses, health care workers, advocates for children and seniors, and patients who could lose access to health care or see costs rise. Reed Saxon, AP

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is joined by local officials, including a drug and alcohol expert and county council chair, Monday, at the Luzerne County Courthouse, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. to call on the GOP to reverse on their health care bill. Mark Moran, AP

Kim Coalter, a constituent services representative for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., tells reporters that the meeting with Medicaid recipients is closed to the media while, social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the office building on June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

Bella Nichols, 9, of Richland, Miss., shows where she wears her insulin patch that Medicaid helps pay for, as her mother and others meet with staff members of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., June 29, 2017. About 35 participants began the morning protesting the Senate version of the health care overhaul of the Affordable Healthcare Act, at Cochran's office and by mid morning also carried the protest to the offices of U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in the federal courthouse. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

Protesters march around the U.S. Capitol to show their opposition to the American Health Care Act on June 28, 2017. Senate Republican leaders announced Tuesday that they are delaying a vote on legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, giving up their goal of passing the bill before Congress adjourns for the July Fourth recess. Mary Mathis, USA TODAY

Supporters of Planned Parenthood dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," hold a rally as they protest the US Senate Republicans' healthcare bill outside the Capitol in Washington, DC, June 27, 2017. Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images

Capitol Police carry away a protester outside the office of Senate Majority Leader Republican Mitch McConnell after Republicans released a draft of their healthcare plan, on Capitol Hill on June 2017. Republicans released a draft of their healthcare bill that would replace the Affordable Care Act, it has received widespread criticism from Democrats. Michael Reynolds, EPA

Protesters greet senators leaving Ronald Regan Washington National Airport in Terminal B on June 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. People came out to voice their views on the upcoming Healthcare vote on Capital Hill. Tasos Katopodis, Getty Images

Healthcare activists hold signs as they stage a die-in while protesting the Trumpcare bill on June 21, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif. Dozens of healthcare activists and senior citizens staged a protest outside the San Francisco Federal Building to express their opposition of the American Heathcare Act bill. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images

Dozens of health care activists protest in front of a Harlem charter school before the expected visit of House Speaker Paul Ryan on May 9, 2017 in New York. The activists groups are highly critical of Ryan and the recent passage of the GOP healthcare bill in the House. Spencer Platt, Getty Images